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  • New Economics and Distribution of Wealth

    Richard Wolff, the author of Capitalism at Work: A Cure for Capitalism, is a popular economist right now. He recently presented in a video, linked here, posted on the Democracy at Work website where he emphasizes that people are looking for an alternative to capitalism. Then he presents a solution: democratically run work places.  The video is 2 hours Read more

  • Co-ops and Political Change

    Co-ops could and should affect political policy. This is the thinking that I’ve read from several perspectives recently. And in a recent Co-operative News article linked here, the word manifesto is used to promote change. Anthony Murray, a co-op focused journalist who also works with the International Co-operative Association (ICA), wrote the Co-operative News article Read more

  • Large Co-operative Trouble

    As I write this, there are huge challenges for Britain’s Co-operative Group which is having cash problems as reported by the Guardian. Its financial services sector is facing losses that arose from bad loans, and the co-operative was downgraded by rating agencies. Co-operative News also reported that the executive group was seeking to double its pay, linked here. Read more

  • Co-operative News Reports on the Success of John Lewis

    Co-operative News Reports on the Success of John Lewis This story by Co-operative News has increased my fascination with the John Lewis retail chain, known as the John Lewis Partnership (JLP): a British retail chain owned by 91,000 employees. JLP, which also owns Waitrose, is going to pay all of its employees the equivalent to almost 8 Read more

  • Measuring the Global Co-op Economy

    There has been an ongoing effort by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) to report on the contribution co-ops have made to the worldwide economy. It is an impressive share of revenue generation, and likely more than most people realize. But co-ops and their success can offer more to the world economy than the traditional value Read more

  • Co-ops and Saving the World

    Hello: I’m Chuck and I wanted to give some background for the development of this blog. Ten years ago, I began to wonder about growth — the accumulation of resources — and whether this can be a solution for everyone. Or does it unnecessarily create winners and losers? This idea led me to the book Read more

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